> I fail to see how your comments will "encourage new members", that is:
>
>
> At 15:17 +0000 16/1/09, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>> >any more ideas for how we can spread the
>>> word and sign people up?
>>
>>Throw bricks at forgetful people...
>
> That is all.
Perhaps you weren't at the last board meeting, it was a reference to a
comment made there. The forgetful person in question is me, the joke
is entirely at my expense.
2009/1/17 Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com>:
> At 16:01 +0000 17/1/09, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>> > OK... bricks and throwing was my point.
>>
>>I think it's all quite clearly in jest, so I don't see a problem...
>>
>>____________
>
> Yes, you don't see a problem.
Well, if you do, would you care to enlighten the rest of us?
Hi,
I've been discussing with a few people (not on this list) about forming a
group of people in and around Manchester who are interested in free culture
- for seminars, workshops, and other related activities. There have been a
few very small and informal meetings so far - but we're planning to involve
a diverse range of people and groups, and organise a first 'proper' meeting
in February.
So, this mail is for two things. Firstly, if anyone on this list is
interested in such a group, you can contact me offlist for now - as we don't
yet have a website or mailing list. Which brings me to the second point -
which is to ask whether Wikimedia UK could support such locally-based
activities by, for example, hosting a mailing list, wiki, and/or other
webspace? It seems to me to be well within WMUK's remit - but I'd like to
hear what other people on this list think.
Also, please feel free to forward this mail to any other people or groups
you think might be interested.
Thanks,
Cormac
I've just thought - does the board have a list of the trademarks WMF
has registered in the UK? If not, such a list needs to be provided
before it makes sense to sign a license to use them. It's possible
such a list has been provided in private, but as far as I know there
is no public list available.
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
> At 14:51 +0100 17/1/09, Michael Bimmler wrote:
>>On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
>>> At 16:10 +0000 16/1/09, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>>>>2009/1/16 AndrewRT <raturvey(a)yahoo.co.uk>:
>>>>> On Jan 16, 3:17 pm, "Thomas Dalton" <thomas.dal...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> >any more ideas for how we can spread the
>>>>>> > word and sign people up?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Throw bricks at forgetful people...
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, we've another board meeting on Monday, so I presume Mike will be
>>>>> reporting another membership form received??
>>>>>
>>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>>And deny him a chance to throw a brick at me? That would be cruel!
>>>
>>> So nice that this is all on public (online) record...
>>
>>Why would that be a problem? I do not see anything very confidential
>>or private here -- obviously Thomas doesn't mind his membership
>>application (or rather, yet-to-be-submitted application) to be made
>>public.
>>
>>Michael
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Michael Bimmler
>>mbimmler(a)gmail.com
>
>
> OK... bricks and throwing was my point.
Ouch. Sorry, completely misunderstood you. My sense of humour is
apparently on weekend holidays...
M.
--
Michael Bimmler
mbimmler(a)gmail.com
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
> At 16:10 +0000 16/1/09, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>>2009/1/16 AndrewRT <raturvey(a)yahoo.co.uk>:
>>> On Jan 16, 3:17 pm, "Thomas Dalton" <thomas.dal...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >any more ideas for how we can spread the
>>>> > word and sign people up?
>>>>
>>>> Throw bricks at forgetful people...
>>>
>>> Well, we've another board meeting on Monday, so I presume Mike will be
>>> reporting another membership form received??
>>>
>>> :)
>>
>>And deny him a chance to throw a brick at me? That would be cruel!
>
> So nice that this is all on public (online) record...
Why would that be a problem? I do not see anything very confidential
or private here -- obviously Thomas doesn't mind his membership
application (or rather, yet-to-be-submitted application) to be made
public.
Michael
--
Michael Bimmler
mbimmler(a)gmail.com
After the Board meeting yesterday we had an interesting conversation
in the IRC about whether different people would stand for election. As
someone said, we have agreed on seven places on the Board, but will we
get seven candidates??
This got me thinking - how can we encourage people to put themselves
forward for the Board? Personally I particularly want to encourage
people who may have skills in particular areas - media relations,
event organisation, charity administration etc. They might not have a
huge amount of time to dedicate to the organisation but would be very
useful in getting the chapter making the right decisions! It's also
great to get people involved who might have lots of energy, lots of
time and lots of new ideas to bring to the table.
Any thoughts?
Andrew
As per the decision of the Board on Tuesday, I've revised the Election Rules so that the top three candidates are elected regardless of whether they receive more than 50% approval.
However, if any of them get less than 50% approval, the powers of the Board are restricted to force the board to call a new election within 2 months.
I've also put in an couple of other minor drafting changes.
Details are here: Please let me know if you think they will be effective as drafted.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_UK_v2.0%2FElection_Ru…
Comments / changes as always welcome on meta or this email list.
Regards,
Andrew